PORTSMOUTH – Samuel Beckett’s iconic and unexpectedly hilarious “Waiting for Godot” opens the Players’ Ring Theatre’s 2025-26 Mainstage Theatre on Sept. 12, running through Sept. 28. Directed by Bretton Reis, who also plays one of the main characters, the play brings bold new staging, drawing out its wit and deep humanity.
Two wanderers, Reis (as Vladimir), and Michael Towle (as Estragon), wait beneath a barren tree for something or someone which may never come. As time stretches and their conversations spiral, absurdity meets poetry, and the very act of waiting becomes both heartbreak and hilarity.
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“Waiting for Godot,” written by Samuel Beckett and directed by Bretton Reis
Where: The Players’ Ring Theatre, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth NH
Phone: 603-436-8123
When: Sept. 12 – Sept. 28. Thursdays at 7 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
Cost: General Admission: $32; Students / Seniors (65+): $29; Military / First Responders: $29.
This play is included in the Ring’s subscription packages. Visit www.playersring.org for more information and to purchase tickets.